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Official EU label nameGlossary entry 10208

ETHYLHEXYL GALLATE

This record confirms an official common ingredient name for EU cosmetic product labelling. It does not by itself confirm that the substance is permitted, unrestricted or safe.

Global evidence snapshot

The resolved identity has matching regulatory evidence in 0 of 13 indexed market datasets: 0 country records and 0 EU Annex records. Every result and evidence gap is listed below.

0 markets with evidence
Markets checked
13
Markets with evidence
0
Evidence gaps
13
Resolved identifiers
2

Resolved substance identity

CAS:34531-26-5
EC:252-073-5
Ingredient index records:
ETHYLHEXYL GALLATE
Ph. Eur. name: octylis gallas
Cosmetic functions: ANTIOXIDANT

2-Ethylhexyl gallate

2 matched or reported names
ETHYLHEXYL GALLATEoctylis gallas

Regulatory evidence across markets

None of the 13 markets tracked here holds an imported rule under the name ETHYLHEXYL GALLATE.

That is a statement about this inventory, not about the law: no imported rule is not evidence that a substance is permitted. A rule may exist under a different name, under a CAS or EC number this glossary entry does not carry, or in a dataset not yet imported.

Chemical identity and properties

PubChem 2D chemical structure for CAS 34531-26-5
CAS 34531-26-5PubChem CID 118173

2-Ethylhexyl gallate

IUPAC name
2-ethylhexyl 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoate
Molecular formula
C15H22O5
Molecular weight
282.33 g/mol
Exact mass
282.14672380 Da
XLogP3
4.3
Topological polar surface area
87.0 Ų
Hydrogen-bond donors
3
Hydrogen-bond acceptors
5
Covalent units
1
Defined stereocentres
0

Also known as

Benzoic acid, 3,4,5-trihydroxy-, 2-ethylhexyl esterethylhexyl gallateUNII-O14R793D1HORISTAR OGO14R793D1HEINECS 252-073-5OCTYLIS GALLAS (EP)OCTYLIS GALLAS
9 more reported names
RefChem:86987(+-)-ETHYLHEXYL GALLATEETHYLHEXYL GALLATE [INCI]ETHYLHEXYL GALLATE, (+-)-Gallic acid, 2-ethylhexyl ester3,4,5-Trihydroxybenzoic acid, 2-ethylhexyl esterMTPIQEWGULCIPM-UHFFFAOYSA-N(+/-)-ETHYLHEXYL GALLATEETHYLHEXYL GALLATE, (+/-)-
External database identifiers

Retrieved from NIH PubChem on 2026-08-31 by checksum-valid CAS matching. Chemical properties do not replace the regulatory decision on this page.

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Official source and scope

Imported from Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1175 (dataset version EU 2025/1175). The glossary supplies common ingredient names for the ingredient list required by Article 19(1)(g); it is not an approval or safety list.

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